World History
This ancient civilization built the Great Pyramid of Giza.
What is Ancient Egypt?
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This actor played the lead role of Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
This river is the longest in the world.
What is the Nile?
This author wrote "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."
Who is J.K. Rowling?
This war was fought between the North and South in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
What is the Civil War?
The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight is called this.
What is photosynthesis?
This 1994 film features a young boy named Simba who becomes king of the Pride Lands.
What is The Lion King?
This country is known for its Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum.
What is France?
The title character of this Herman Melville novel is obsessed with hunting a white whale.
Who is Captain Ahab?
This emperor of Rome famously "fiddled" as the city burned in 64 AD.
Who is Nero?
This element has the chemical symbol "Au".
What is gold?
The TV series "Breaking Bad" centres around a high school chemistry teacher who turns to cooking this illegal substance.
What is methamphetamine?
This desert, the largest in the world, is located in northern Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
"1984" is a dystopian novel written by this British author.
Who is George Orwell?
The signing of this document in 1215 limited the power of the English monarchy.
What is the Magna Carta?
This planet is known as the "Red Planet."
What is Mars?
This actor starred as the Joker in "The Dark Knight."
Who is Heath Ledger?
This mountain range forms the natural boundary between the countries of France and Spain.
What are the Pyrenees?
This author created the fictional world of Middle-Earth, which includes "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."
Who is J.R.R. Tolkien?
This world leader is credited with starting the "Iron Curtain" in Europe post-WWII.
Who is Winston Churchill?
The theory of evolution by natural selection was proposed by this scientist.
Who is Charles Darwin?
This director is famous for films like "Jaws," "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," and "Jurassic Park."
Who is Steven Spielberg?
This country is the largest by land area.
What is Russia?
This novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the story of the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby.
What is The Great Gatsby?